Here is a pic outside my office before going to the MOT station. Put the car on the pillar lift in the Co. workshops before going to check there weren't any problems that could be attended to first. Noticed that one nut on the trackrod end hadn't been locked off. Also gave an opportunity to check underside which is never viewed the same on your back...When I pulled in the MOT station all eyes were on the Saab. People stopped dead in their tracks. I was early so had to wait a bit. The tester was very business-like doing his preliminary checks before taking it into the bay for the rollers and a headlight check which I had asked for.After 30-40mins whilst I waited in the customer reception he reversed the car out and parked it up outside, looked at me and beamed "LOVE IT", then he told me everything was fine.

Well I sent my wife to the local VLRO in Nottingham to get an Historic Tax disc, armed with all the paperwork and a letter from Fliptop confirming the car was manufactured before the end of Dec 1972, although it wasn't registered in the UK until March 1973. Spent some time at Stallingborough then.

I got a tax disc and a new registration number CTV 521K. Now I have a registration that predates the manufacture of the car.

An update... well it has been used as seen in pics below, though I haven't left Notts. This has been due to the front suspension needing laser tracking and I had misplaced my supply of shims (which I unearthed over the weekend). I had not wanted to drive too far with it apart from the 8 miles commute to work each day so as not to ruin the tyres. In the ensuing period problems were experienced with the Fomoco carb which is orginal to the engine, with poor running/over choking. A cover was found to have come apart inside the bowl. Richard gave me a spare carb which is waiting to go on, now I have restored an original Saab Choke cable.... then the front silencer blew its seams at the beginning of June. So it is standing on the ramps waiting for repairs to the Gp2 rally exhaust which is going on instead. Got little done in June as I was away in Sharm el Sheik getting a tan and gippy tummy. See pics with view of Pyramids at 33,000 feet and of course I had to take a SAAB T-shirt.Besides work, the rest of my time seems to be spent on this forum!!